Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Holiday Review: Dashing Through the No by Tara Sivec

 


Dashing Through the No by Tara Sivec
Summersweet Island #3


‘Twas the week before Christmas and all through Summersweet,
Tess Powell was annoyed and wanted to retreat.
With a BIC in her hand and a frown on her face,
everyone knew she needed a break from this place.
Wanting the holiday to be nothing but the best,
Bodhi took his girlfriend to the mountains to rest.
While visions of fire happily danced in Tess’s head,
soon she would see she had everything to dread.
Crying kids, singing hippos, and a stalker with a van,
definitely wasn’t part of Bodhi’s evacuation plan.
But all he wanted for Christmas was for her to say yes,
to the question he kept asking with zero finesse.
With some help from new friends and their holiday cheer,
Tess and Bodhi get much more
than they asked Santa for this year.


My review: 5 Holiday Stars!
Sometimes you just need absurd comedy to get you through life, and Tara Sivec never fails to deliver. Her brand of rom-com is so fun- it's sexy, sassy, and always hilarious. It was fun to see Tess and Bodhi, who we met in the first two Summersweet books, travel to Christmas Cliche-land and meet Allie, Jason, and best of all, Millie. This book was the perfect distraction during the busy, stressful holiday season. Such a delight!


Monday, December 28, 2020

Teaser: Reputation by Adriana Locke

     

REPUTATION by Adriana Locke

Release Date: January 5th

 

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Blurb:

Coy Mason is a jerk. 

If there is one truth that Bellamy Davenport knows, it’s that. Hands-down. (Well, that and the fact that she didn’t mean to hurt him. Physically. Coy can’t be hurt emotionally because he doesn’t have a heart.)

Coy is not just the small-town, literal boy-next-door. He’s a heartbreaking, womanizing, mischief-making (and delicious) man and was all of those things well before he became a hot-shot country music sensation.

He’s a dream standing in her doorway with no shirt, messy hair, and a ‘Do you wanna?’ grin. But he’s also a nightmare for her heart and she knows it.

Their enemies-to-lovers relationship always ends the same way—heavy on the enemies, light on the lovers.

So why is she still standing there?

     

About the Author:

 
USA Today and Washington Post bestselling author Adriana Locke lives and breathes books. After years of slightly obsessive relationships with the flawed bad boys created by other authors, Adriana has created her own. 

She resides in the Midwest with her husband, sons, and two dogs. She spends a large amount of time playing with her kids, drinking coffee, and cooking. You can find her outside if the weather's nice and there's always a piece of candy in her pocket


Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Blog Tour: The Relationship Pact by Adriana Locke

 


THE RELATIONSHIP PACT by Adriana Locke

Release Date: December 17th

Add to Goodreads: https://geni.us/6A5zx 


    

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Blurb:

How hard can it be? 

That was the question rolling around Larissa Mason’s mind just before she asked Hollis Hudson to be her fake boyfriend. 

It was only supposed to be for five minutes, after all.

Granted, that was also before she felt his hand on the small of her back as he charmed the heck out of her family. 

She hadn’t heard his laugh yet either.  

And it was definitely before she saw the football god shirtless. Otherwise, she would’ve had an idea of just how hard some things could be. 

It turns out that pretending to be in love with a crazily handsome, somewhat enigmatic, and absolutely unforgettable tight end (that has an amazing tight end) is easy.

Reminding herself that just because opposites attract doesn’t mean they’re forever is much harder.

What they have isn’t love—it’s a relationship pact. Right?

 

My review: 4.5 stars

 I was so excited to see that Adriana Locke's contribution to the Kings of Football series would be about Larissa, who we met in her first Mason Family Series book, Restraint. She seemed fun and sassy and I just knew I would love her. I loved her pairing with football player Hollis, and I loved their instant chemistry and how they took a fake relationship to serious so fast- they were just great for each other. I swooned and smiled and thoroughly enjoyed this holiday story. 

About the Author:

USA Today and Washington Post bestselling author Adriana Locke lives and breathes books. After years of slightly obsessive relationships with the flawed bad boys created by other authors, Adriana has created her own.

 

She resides in the Midwest with her husband, sons, and two dogs. She spends a large amount of time playing with her kids, drinking coffee, and cooking. You can find her outside if the weather's nice and there's always a piece of candy in her pocket.


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Monday, December 21, 2020

New Release Review: Kitty Valentine Dates Santa

 

Spin the wheel. Date the guy. Write the story. Fall in love?

Kitty Valentine Dates Santa by Jillian Dodd is now live!

Six years ago, Kitty Valentine took the book world by storm when her sweet debut romance hit number one on the New York Times Best Sellers list, which was followed by a string of successful releases.

Her latest novel, however, totally bombs, causing her editor to suggest she write much sexier books.

To Kitty, writing smut is the literary equivalent of stripping.

But with no advance coming in and her royalties dipping to an all-time low, Kitty has no choice.

Armed with a hot-guy spinning prize wheel, made by her best friend, listing all the different types of men she will date and then write about, Kitty will be spinning—not stripping—her way back onto the best-sellers list.

And in the process, she just might write her own happily ever after.

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My review: 5 stars!
As a long-time romance reader, the premise of Jillian Dodd's Kitty Valentine series excited me so much! I have thoroughly enjoyed each and every installment. While making readers laugh out loud and swoon, often at the same time, Dodd take readers through Kitty's process of writing a romance novel, beginning with agent and editor meetings, through exploration of various tropes, while introducing and developing great characters like Kitty's best friend, grandmother, and gorgeous neighbor Matt. What a delight this series has been! Santa was such a fantastic installment- I loved seeing Kitty get her own HEA!

 

Meet Jillian


Jillian Dodd is a USA Today and Amazon Top 10 best-selling author. She writes fun binge-able romance series with characters her readers fall in love with—from the boy next door in the That Boy series to the daughter of a famous actress in The Keatyn Chronicles to a spy who might save the world in the Spy Girl series. Her newest series include London Prep, a prep school series about a drama filled three-week exchange, and the Sex in the City-ish chick lit series, Kitty Valentine.

Jillian is married to her college sweetheart, adores writing big fat happily ever afters, wears a lot of pink, buys way too many shoes, loves to travel, and is distracted by anything covered in glitter.

Connect with Jillian

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Thursday, December 17, 2020

New Release Review: The Relationship Pact by Adriana Locke

 

THE RELATIONSHIP PACT by Adriana Locke

Release Date: December 17th

Add to Goodreads: https://geni.us/6A5zx 


    

AVAILABLE NOW!!

FREE in Kindle Unlimited!

Amazon US: https://amzn.to/36HMIR2

Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/38Zya26

Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/35Qego8

Amazon AU: https://amzn.to/3fkga3q

        

Blurb:

How hard can it be? 

That was the question rolling around Larissa Mason’s mind just before she asked Hollis Hudson to be her fake boyfriend. 

It was only supposed to be for five minutes, after all.

Granted, that was also before she felt his hand on the small of her back as he charmed the heck out of her family. 

She hadn’t heard his laugh yet either.  

And it was definitely before she saw the football god shirtless. Otherwise, she would’ve had an idea of just how hard some things could be. 

It turns out that pretending to be in love with a crazily handsome, somewhat enigmatic, and absolutely unforgettable tight end (that has an amazing tight end) is easy.

Reminding herself that just because opposites attract doesn’t mean they’re forever is much harder.

What they have isn’t love—it’s a relationship pact. Right?

 

My review: 4.5 stars

 I was so excited to see that Adriana Locke's contribution to the Kings of Football series would be about Larissa, who we met in her first Mason Family Series book, Restraint. She seemed fun and sassy and I just knew I would love her. I loved her pairing with football player Hollis, and I loved their instant chemistry and how they took a fake relationship to serious so fast- they were just great for each other. I swooned and smiled and thoroughly enjoyed this holiday story. 

About the Author:

USA Today and Washington Post bestselling author Adriana Locke lives and breathes books. After years of slightly obsessive relationships with the flawed bad boys created by other authors, Adriana has created her own.

 

She resides in the Midwest with her husband, sons, and two dogs. She spends a large amount of time playing with her kids, drinking coffee, and cooking. You can find her outside if the weather's nice and there's always a piece of candy in her pocket.


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Tuesday, December 15, 2020

New Release Review: Kitty Valentine Dates a Hockey Player by Jillian Dodd

 


My review: 5 stars!

As we near the end of the Kitty Valentine series, it's all coming together! We get SO MUCH in this installment- an HEA for Kitty's grandmother, best friend Hayley's has found someone too, and in this books neighbor Matt starts by helping Kitty meet a hockey player for her latest trope, and ends by....... no spoilers here! Sports romance is my most favorite trope and it was so fun watching Kitty's adventures as one of the WAGs. Of course, I think all readers are pulling for a Matt and Kitty pairing by now, and the end of this installment gets us closer to the final book of the series, where Kitty dates a Santa. Will Matt be our Santa? So excited to find out!



Monday, December 14, 2020

Blog Tour: The Romantic Pact by Meghan Quinn



THE ROMANTIC PACT by Meghan Quinn 
Release Date: December 10th

    

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Blurb:

I haven't seen her in three years.

I haven't talked to her since the kiss.

So why am I on a plane, flying across the world to spend a week with her in Germany?

One word: Pops.

My life’s a mess.

My possible football career is hanging on by a thread.

I'm driving the roads of Germany in honor of Pops with the one girl I can never have.

And I’m sharing a bed with her, the girl I've measured everyone else up to, while desperately trying to not to touch her.

We made a pact growing up, never to get romantic with each other - never fall in love.

And I'm about to break that pact. For good.


       

My review: 4.5 stars!

Meghan Quinn's sassy heroines are my favorite! I love how they hold their own with the male lead. This was such a fun friends to lovers tale told in a road trip romance. I loved the descriptions of Crew and Hazel's trip through Germany as the reconnected and celebrated the life of Crew's grandfather through his letters to them. Such a great read and just what I needed right now.

About Meghan Quinn: 

USA Today Bestselling Author, wife, adoptive mother, and peanut butter lover. Author of romantic comedies and contemporary romance, Meghan Quinn brings readers the perfect combination of heart, humor, and heat in every book.

 

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Friday, December 11, 2020

Excerpt Reveal: The Relationship Pact by Adriana Locke

     

THE RELATIONSHIP PACT by Adriana Locke

Release Date: December 17th

 

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Excerpt:

I reach for the chair in front of me. Instead of finding leather, my fingers brush against something else. Something warmer. Something smoother and rougher all at the same time. 

My heart jumps in my chest at the same moment that my head snaps to the side. 

Oh. Shit. 

The most beautiful set of hazel eyes I’ve ever seen traps my gaze. The warmth of the chocolate brown is cooled by the spring green embedded in the orbs. Gold flecks twinkle as the man slowly withdraws his palm away from mine. 

I open my mouth, but I’ve somehow forgotten how to speak. 

“Hey,” he says, his southern drawl rippling across my ears. “You can have it.” 

I shake my head to try to jolt myself out of the haze I’m in. “I … I can have what?” 

His full, pouty lips split into a sexy smirk. “I meant the chair, but if there’s something else on your mind, just let me know.”  

My heart flutters in my chest as a wave of heat courses through my body from head to toe. 

A couple of days’ scruff peppers a sharp, chiseled jaw. His skin is sun-kissed and imperfect and there’s the slightest mole beneath his left eye that gives a bit of softness to his appearance. His body is long, well over six feet, with broad shoulders and a thick chest. 

It’s one heck of a picture. 

Slowly, oh-so-slowly, the fog in my brain lifts. 

“Can I buy you a drink?” he asks. 

A crazy idea pops into my brain. The longer that I watch the stranger peer at me from under his thick lashes, the more it seems possible.

Crazy, yes, but possible. 

“Want to do me a favor instead?” I ask before I can talk myself out of it. 

My chest rises and falls in quick succession as he, and I, ponder my question. He narrows his eyes as he undoubtedly considers why a woman he just met might need his help. 

His heavy brows tug together. “That depends on what it is.”

Blood pours through my ears as I realize I’m teetering on the edge of something impetuous. Again.  I’m about to do the one thing I told myself I wouldn’t do. 

Wasn’t I going to put the brakes on this kind of thing? Didn’t I swear that I was not going to tangle myself up with men? Wasn’t I going to save myself time and energy until good men come back into the universe?

I look up and down his long, muscled body. 

I bet he’s a damn good man.

“Are you going to ask or not?” he asks, killing me softly with a playful quirk of his brow.

Screw it. 

I take a quick lungful of air and commit to this insanity. “I’m going to need an answer to two questions.” 

“Shoot.”

Quickly.”

He grins. “I can’t answer them if you don’t ask them, beautiful.” 

I steady myself against the term of endearment and stay focused. 

“Do you have a girlfriend?” I ask. 

His eyes sparkle with mischief. “I like where this is going.”

“That’s not an answer and we’re running out of time.” 

“No,” he says hurriedly. “Hard no. Definitely not. No girlfriend.” 

“Second question …” I take another deep breath and then go in for the kill. “Will you be my fake boyfriend for five minutes?” 

His grin knocks the breath I’m holding right out of me. “When do we start?” 

 

For Hollis and Larissa, starting is the easy part. It’s ending their fake relationship that’s hard. Fall in love with them here: https://geni.us/Hq6TNb

      

Blurb:

How hard can it be?  

That was the question rolling around Larissa Mason’s mind just before she asked Hollis Hudson to be her fake boyfriend. 

It was only supposed to be for five minutes, after all.

Granted, that was also before she felt his hand on the small of her back as he charmed the heck out of her family. 

She hadn’t heard his laugh yet either.  

And it was definitely before she saw the football god shirtless. Otherwise, she would’ve had an idea of just how hard some things could be. 

It turns out that pretending to be in love with a crazily handsome, somewhat enigmatic, and absolutely unforgettable tight end (that has an amazing tight end) is easy.

Reminding herself that just because opposites attract doesn’t mean they’re forever is much harder.

What they have isn’t love—it’s a relationship pact. Right?

 

  About the Author:

USA Today and Washington Post bestselling author Adriana Locke lives and breathes books. After years of slightly obsessive relationships with the flawed bad boys created by other authors, Adriana has created her own.

She resides in the Midwest with her husband, sons, and two dogs. She spends a large amount of time playing with her kids, drinking coffee, and cooking. You can find her outside if the weather's nice and there's always a piece of candy in her pocket.


 

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Website:  https://adrianalocke.com

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Thursday, December 10, 2020

New Release Review: Southern Hotshot by Jessica Peterson

 

 

Lusting after the woman trying to steal my job is stupid. Sexting with her? That's a game-changing fumble.

Southern Hotshot by Jessica Peterson is now live!


Emma Crawford became enemy number one the second she stepped foot on Blue Mountain Farm. She might think I'm just a dumb jock, but I know she's a stuck-up wine snob who believes she'd be a better exec than me.

She can take my position over my dead body.

But with her ridiculous curves and fearless smarts, she's becoming one giant distraction just when I need to prove my worth most.

Lucky for me that I have a secret internet sext partner to blow off steam with. My nightly dirty chats with V scratch all the itches Emma gives me.

Emma and V couldn't be more different--except it turns out they're the same person.

Just when I thought this scenario was enough of a disaster, I'm falling for the co-worker I can't touch and can hardly stand.

Even a hotshot player like me can see this is a game we're both gonna lose.

SOUTHERN HOTSHOT is a full length, STANDALONE small town novel. It is the second book in the all new North Carolina Highland series.

SOUTHERN SEDUCER: Beau + Annabel's Story
SOUTHERN HOTSHOT: Samuel + Emma's Story


 

Download today or read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited

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My review: 5 stars!

Well, I am HERE for Samuel and Emma's romance! The author pitched it as "You've Got Mail meets Pride and Prejudice with a seriously sexy twist" and I totally agree! It was so fun. Enemies to lovers can be such a fun trope and I adored the dynamics between Samuel and Emma. This book has such fantastic descriptions of scenery and food and wine- I want to book a stay at Blue Mountain myself! I am really enjoying the Beauregard clan and am looking forward to more books in the series.

Meet Jessica

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/bwTIWSVwEI7n4Oix2I35eOwZo9s0hhJkSUaO3VTkaZthw2q1l-b8ENAmjQQbaO3xwxJ3P9M5iOTKwcBeTSOVOhAg8vXF5t6HkzZ4Q-EFnXVBzSRJ0ZbZT5HKCRwgaiCjPXbzI8RU

Jessica Peterson writes smart, sexy romance set in her favorite cities around the world. She grew up on a steady diet of Mr. Darcy, Jamie Frasier, and Edward Cullen, and it wasn’t long before she started creating irresistible heroes of her own. She loves strong coffee, stronger heroines, and heroes with hot accents.

She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her husband Ben, her daughter Gracie, and her smelly Goldendoodle Martha Bean.

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